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| East Meets West! featuring vocalist, Roberta Donnay On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 7th, 8 and 9th East Meets West! featuring vocalist, Roberta Donnay, is headlining at Bay Area Venues. EAST MEETS WEST! brings together NYC bassist Harvie S, NYC based guitarist Roni Ben-Hur, with San Francisco based jazz vocalist Roberta Donnay & pianist Keith Saunders, for a Bay Area tour! Thursday, APRIL 7th at 8pm Roberta Donnay (vocals) with Harvie S (bass), Roni Ben-Hur (guitar) and Keith Saunders (piano) The Back Room (1984 Bonita Ave., Berkeley CA, phone 510.654.3808) Friday, APRIL 8th at 8:30pm Bogie's Too in San Rafael (1335 - 4th Street, San Rafael CA, phone 415.492.1530) Roberta Donnay (vocals) with Harvie S (bass), Roni Ben-Hur (guitar) Saturday, APRIL 9th at 7:00pm Roberta Donnay (vocals) with Harvie S (bass), Roni Ben-Hur (guitar) and Keith Saunders (piano) Bird & Beckett (653 Chenery Street, San Francisco CA, phone 415.586.3733) ROBERTA DONNAY singer / recording artist / producer / composer "You'll get lost easily in Roberta's radiant music persona. Her sensitive, captivating approach reflects her regard and refreshing insight for vintage jazz gems seldom heard today. She is an endangered species." - Dr. Herb Wong Award-winning singer and composer, Donnay is considered one of the top 521 Jazz Singers in "The Jazz Singer." "Roberta is a consummate performer and producer. Her passion for the roots of jazz music is remarkable, and her joie de vivre is contagious in the best possible way." - Motema Donnay's voice and songs can be heard on film and TV. She's toured the US, Europe and Japan, was a member of Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks. Originally from Washington DC, Ms. Donnay has performed with, opened or recorded with Joey Alexander, Ernestine Anderson, George Benson, Booker T., Bob Dorough, Dave Ellis, David Grisman, John Hammond, Dan Hicks, Dr. John, Christian McBride, Eric Reed, Joe Sample, and David Sanborn and more. "With her singularly enticing sound, few contemporary vocalists are as well suited to dustily vintage material as jazz-blues stylist Roberta Donnay." - Jazz Times. HARVIE S bassist / producer / educator / composer / arranger A legendary bassist, Harvie S has performed and recorded with Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Tony Bennett, Ray Baretto, Michael Brecker, Jean Pierre Rampal, Paquito D'Rivera, Gil Evans, Art Farmer, Mark Turner, Jim Hall, Billy Hart, Lee Konitz, Yusef Lateef, Dave Leibman, Joe Lovano, Pat Metheny, Paul Motion, Chico O'Farrill, Danilo Perez, Maria Schneider, Zoot Sims, Toots Thielemans, Ray Vega, James Williams, Phil Woods, Louie Bellson James Brown, Kenny Barron, Chick Corea, Tom Harrell, Sheila Jordan, Steve Kuhn, Pat Martino, Manhattan Transfer, Wycliff Gordon, David Mathews, Ingrid Jenson, James Weidman, Eddie Henderson, James Moody, Danilo Perez, Anat Cohen, James Weidman, Jim Hall, Mike Stern, Dave Leibman, John Scofield, Dr. Billy Taylor, Dave Liebman, Yusef Lateef and Grover Washington Jr. and countless others. He can be heard on twenty albums as a leader, fifteen as a co-leader, and over four hundred albums as a sideman. Harvie was selected a Jazz Ambassador for the United States and toured throughout Europe and Southeast Asia in this honored capacity. He has been a guest on NPRs All Things Considered and Fresh Air. His career is documented in Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz, the Grove Dictionary of Jazz and the All Music Guide. Mr. S composed the musical themes for the documentaries The Trumpet Kings, The Piano Legends and John Coltrane. In addition to his performance career, Harvie S is an active educator. He is a Professor of Jazz Bass and Jazz Ensemble at Manhattan School of Music. RONI BEN-HUR guitarist / recording artist / educator Jazz guitarist Roni Ben-Hur has earned a sterling reputation as a musician and educator, renowned for his golden tone, improvisational brilliance, compositional lyricism and ability to charm peers, students and listeners alike. Eminent jazz critic Gary Giddins wrote in the Village Voice: "A limber and inventive guitarist, Ben-Hur keeps the flame alive and pure, burning in every note… He's a guitarist who knows the changes and his own mind." Roni – born in Israel in 1962 but a longtime American citizen, based in the New York City area – has recorded a dozen-plus albums as leader or co-leader, with The New York Times praising his "crisp, fluid style" and Time Out New York calling him "a formidable and consummately lyrical guitarist." He has developed a rare facility in both straight-ahead jazz and samba/bossa-nova styles, underscored by his work with masters in each field, from bebop piano sage Barry Harris to beloved Brazilian vocalist Leny Andrade. KEITH SAUNDERS pianist / composer / educator Keith Saunders grew up in Van Nuys, a suburb of L.A., and studied improvisation with the vibraphonist Charlie Shoemake. He has worked with Roy McCurdy, Bill Holman, Bill Watrous, and Dick Berk, among others. During his twenty-six years in New York, he worked with Richie Cole, Richie Vitale, (basically anyone named Richie), Hank Crawford, Mickey Roker, Ralph LaLama, Frank Wess, and Valery Ponamarev, among others. In 1991, he became the leader of The NY HardBop Quintet, a cooperative unit featuring Joe Magnarelli and Jerry Weldon. The band was together for eight years and during this span recorded four CDs for the TCB label. In addition to recordings with NYHBQ, Keith can be heard on Jerry Weldon's live-recorded Midtown Blues (Amosaya), Andrew Beals' Gravy Train, John Dooley's Just Passin' Through, and Olga Boatman's Swingin down the Volga. His debut CD, Lost in Queens, was released in April of 2010 on TCB and features bassist Bim Strasberg, and drummer, Taro Okamoto. write your comments about the article :: © 2022 Jazz News :: home page |